I recently acquired a very nice condition Stern Transformers Pro pinball machine. I'm having a variety of issues with this guy, and being my first pin, I'm a bit lost. The main problem is every once in awhile, the machine just goes dead during game play. The LCD is still cranking away, but the flippers become non-responsive and the lights on the play field completely shut down. In doing research on this issue, I'm not sure if this is actually part of game play (I doubt it) or a problem with the machine. Being that I bought this from a bar, I'd be more inclined to believe that it's a problem with the machine itself.
The other issue I'm having is it seems to be eating
. They just disappear. I haven't built up the gumption to completely take the machine apart, but I'm pretty sure some of the
are going where they aren't supposed to be going. I spoke to the previous owner and he said that there was a guy who would come in daily to play it and really liked to tip it and knee it and crap like that, and when he got a TILT, he would take out his drunken frustration on the machine by slapping it, kneeing it, and even punching it (main reason the previous owner got rid of it). I'm glad he told me this information BEFORE I bought it.
Any ideas?
